works
Talks
Plywood Histories in Digital Games. The Authenticity Ouroboros. January 22, 2026. Leiden, Netherlands.
Hamlet in the Hypertext: Counterplay as Improv in Elsinore and To Be or Not To Be. The Interactive Pasts Conference 4. October 10, 2025. Leiden, Netherlands.
Pan to Fireplace: Futures for Sex in Tabletop Actual Play. Generation Analog 2025: PUNK! Analog Game Studies. July 17, 2025. Online.
Iterating the Past: Using Game Analytic Methods in Historical Game Studies. DiGRA 2025: Gaming at the Crossroads. July 4, 2025. Valletta, Malta.
Table Talk: Hacking Tabletop for Transgenderism. Queer/Trans Game/Studies. DiGRA 2025: Gaming at the Crossroads. June 30, 2025. Valletta, Malta.
“Just like amma used to make”: Venba and Packaging the Aesthetics of Diaspora. (with Zahra Rizvi). DiGRA 2024: Playgrounds. July 5, 2024. Guadalajara, Mexico (Online).
Propping Up Play: Game Objects, Affordances, and Perceptual Multiplicity. DiGRA 2024: Playgrounds. July 2, 2024. Guadalajara, Mexico (Online).
Beyond Discourse: An Introduction to Conversation Analysis in Linguistics and Elsewhere. Leiden University, Center for Digital Humanities. February 13, 2024.
Language, Interaction, and Affect in Tabletop Role-Playing Games. Games and Language Conference. October 21, 2023. Debrecen, Hungary (Online).
The Girl and the Fox: Past-play and Identification in Never Alone. The Interactive Pasts Conference 3. May 26, 2023. Leiden, Netherlands.
Workshops
The Authenticity Ouroboros. (with Corine Gerritsen and Angus Mol).
Leiden University, Center for Digital Humanities. January 22 & 23, 2026.
Playful Language and Magic Circles: A Dialect Workshop.
Utrecht University, Language and Identity Course (dr. Deborah Cole). December 12 & 14, 2023.
Writing
Inventory Full: Equipping the Interdisciplinary Toolbox. (2nd author; with Corine Gerritsen and Angus Mol). 2026 (upcoming). In Writing Game Histories, edited by Esther Wright, Iain Donald, and Nick Webber. Bloomsbury.
Yazeba’s Online, an unconventional tabletop RPG and the digital playground of your dreams. May 2, 2023. Polygon. https://www.polygon.com/tabletop-games/23701170/yazebas-online-possum-creek-wanderhome-sequel-ttrpg-omm/
Tabletop designers are making players cry, and working to keep them safe. September 12, 2022. Polygon. https://www.polygon.com/23331167/tabletop-games-make-you-cry-keep-you-safe/
Blade Runner tabletop RPG will ask players to grapple with their own humanity. May 2, 2022. Polygon. https://www.polygon.com/23054059/blade-runner-tabletop-rpg-kickstarter-preview-price-launch-date-delivery/
Powered by the Apocalypse is the best way to get started with tabletop role-playing games. November 25, 2021. Polygon. https://www.polygon.com/tabletop-games/22787981/powered-by-the-apocalypse-tabletop-rpg-explainer/
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